Construction of houses



Feb. 19, 1929. 1,703,06O

D. cAucHANER CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES Filed April 17, 923 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 izi. 2

Feb. 19, 1929. l,703,060

. D. CAUCHANER y CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES Filed April 17, 923 3 sheets-snet 3 I wevr: ,Bau/ d 067 uc/mn er Patented F eb. 19, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID CAUCHANER, OF BUENOSAIRES, ARGJENTINA.

OONSTRUCTIQN OF' HOUSES. i

Application filed April 17, 1923, Serial No. 632,784, and in Argentina April 21, 1922.

The system, designed for the Construction of inexpensive houses, which it is sought to protect, tends to fill a deeply implanted need, which is each day more keenly felt, for houses which shall be strongly constructed, sanitary and cheap, extremes which today are very dificult to obtain owing to antiquated and hackneyed methods of Construction, as well as to the materials employed, the strength of which is not utilized to the full extent of its efiiciency.

The system is the result of patient studies, which have led the inventor to utilize certain elements which, whilst apparently of small value, give excellent results when properly applied. This study has led in practice to a reduction of in the cost of Construction, as Compared with the old methods, for similar kinds of buildings, apart from the rapidity with which the work can be carred out, thanks to the smaller quantity of materials used.

Moreover, the uninterrupted layer of insulating air which is obtained, as will be explained further on, constitutes the best possible barrier against humidity, guaranteeing at the same time immunity from the harmful microbes of which damp is the vehicle.

In the drawings, which illustrate a preferred and practical embodiment of the. in-.

Vention,

Fig. 1 s a horizontal section through a building constructed according to the prin'-` ciples of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken along the lines 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a vertical elevation of the reinforced frame. a

Fig. 5 is a detail of the upper corner formed by a frame and the adjacent upper sill, taken in a horizontal section from beneath the plane of the upper sill.

Fig. 6 is a vertical elevation, showing a. detail of Construction of an upper corner of the frame.

Referring now in detail to the several figures, the numeral 1 represents a foundaton which may he laid in any suitable manner, for example, of brick or eoncrete. Upon this foundation at opposite sides of the room or enclosure the frames are erected, each frame comprising the parts shown in Fig. 4. The sides of the frame are constituted by iron beams 4 of commercial cross section, such for example, as angle irons the lower ends of which are set or embedded in the foundation. The upper ends of the beams are connected by an upper sill '7 which is preferably of wood. Thebeams are connected at their opposite ends by diagonal metallic bars 10 which are connected to said beams in any suitable manner.

The problem' arises in connecting the wooden sill 7 to the angle irons 4 securely and in such a. manner that they can be readily attached with the least possible expenditure of time. For the purpose of securing these members, a block 5 is fixed within the angle of each angle iron adjacent the end to which the wooden sill is to be connected, and a bolt6 is then passed through the sill and into said block for holding said sill to the angle iron.

It will be unclerstood of course that the angles formed by the beams 4 with the .foundatlon are right angles, as are also the angles formed between the top and sides of the frame, all of which is shown in the drawings and particularly in Figure 4.

When twoof the frames have been put in place, for instance, at opposite sides of the y rectangular reinforcement provided by the frames, the walls can be made of very light Construction at the same time preserving the required factor of safety.

Since this Construction is particularly adapted to the thermal insulation of the interior of rooms or buildings, in which a circulation of air by diflusion is provided for between the double side walls and the double wall ceiling, the upper sills 7 and the connecting sill members,which normally bridge the steps between the side walls, at the top, are formed with a series of apertures 8 through which the circulation of air may take place.

In` carrying out the present invention it will be understood that the details of construction illustrated in the drawings and deo scribed in the specificaton are merely exemplary and not limitative in their relation to the scope of the invention except where they are prescribed by the express terms of the appended olains. i

Having thus described the invention and the manner of putting it into practice, what is claimed as new is:-

1. In a building Construction having spaced side walls and ceiling WtllS, a reinforcing frame build between the side walls at one end of the structure, comprising vertical iron beams of commercial section, at opposite sides oi' said end, having their beses rigidly fixed, a wooden sill connmted et its ends to the upper ends of said beans, and provided ut intervals with apertures establishing communication between the spaces within the side walls and ceiling, and diagonul rods connecting the opposite ends ot seid be ins.

2. In a building Construction having spaced side walls and ceiling Wallis, a reinforced frame built between the side WtllS :tt one end of the structure, comprising vertical iron beams of commercial section at opposite sides of said end wall, having their bases rigidly fixed, diagonal rods connecting the opposite ends of said beams, a Wooden sill connected at its ends to the angular ends of said beams and provided at intervals with apertures establishing communication between the spaces within the side walls and ceiling, the connec'ting means between said sill and beums comprising a block fixed within the angle of euch be un at the end connected to the sill, and a bolt passing through the sill and into the block.

Signed at Buenos Aires, in the Republic of Argentina, this 16th day ot' March, A. D. 1923.

DAVID CAUCHANER. 

